Taking steps to live a more sustainable lifestyle can have many levels of commitment. Some of our earliest steps required the least bit of effort, but in this part of our Action Steps series, we really delve into some of the larger decisions you can make to cut down on your petroleum use. You can:

Buy a used diesel and burn local biodiesel in it. If you’re OTP check out our friends at Mobilized Fuels inc.

Move closer to work . According to the report “Growing Cooler: Evidence on Urban Development and Climate Change”we can save 85 million tons of CO2 annually by 2030 if 60% of new growth is in compact living patterns.